Grand Rapids, MichiganNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 12, 1957, a civilian near Grand Rapids, Michigan reported one round white object the size of a baseball. The object was seen at dusk for about 40 minutes.

The Air Force noted the description, duration, and time of the sighting suggested the object was probably Venus, but said the data was not conclusive because motion and position information was missing. There was no detailed report in the file. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MI / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Ee |
O Was Bailoon A
12 November 1507 Grand Rapids, Michigan a "Shr 14 45 a
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon
wh ” SE CG Was Aircraft
RE i i iba es {O5Ground- Vi suai 0 Ground-Rudar Bi Probably Aircraft :
emt _L2/00107 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraht
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE i 1B Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
QNo Civilian en : 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TID DINE cision ainsi iocsibimiicniscarsts ;
‘3 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: A 0 Unknown
a forty minutes _one 4. unknown a
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round white object, she size of Description, duration, and time
a baseball, Object was seen at dusk of sighting indicate that this
for forty minutes, was probably Venus; however,
data is not conclusive. Motion
and positional info missing,
NO report in file.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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